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Free Software and Your Freedom

On this event Dr. Stallman tells that Licence free or open source software respects freedom but at least it does not related with the price .Meaning of free software is not that you can use it without any Pay but you can use it with freedom. Freedom Means you can control it because if you does not use your program free than you have restricted to use your computer.

DSC_0052 This freedom makes us capable to see this personally that what the program really does and what have to change and what you really want to do. If you have not any freedom then you have  no any way to control about what your computer do and about program.

 They also tell that patent software really not related with free software. Patent software is a danger that effects all program and computer user.

 Free software and your freedom:

 The software running in most computers is non-free, proprietary software: controlled by software companies, not by its users. Users can’t check what these programs do, nor prevent them  from doing what they don’t want. Most people accept this because they have seen no other way, but it is simply wrong to give developers power over the users’ computer.

 Free software respects users freedom and the community that means that software In roughly it is a freedom to change and improve, Study, copy, distribute and to run the software for  users. Free software is a matter of liberty, not price thus.

 Respect of human rights in the US does not keep your data on your computer and your backup custody and under his own free software to run your computer.

 Today the market of smart phone has been fastly increasing and like free software, Android, Google O/S software are running  in smart phone. There are large no of employment has been  developed in youth for application, Game development

 Benefit Of Free And Open Software:

 DSC_0036In server organization in first semester of 2011 under free software 17.5 percent part is of Linux server from total revenue. Linux is a biggest open source operating system which runs on 64 percent part of mail server and web server like internet public servers.

 More than 90 percent of supercomputing of world are perform on open source. Behind many consumers product power of open source is working. Operating systems of apple products are also taken from open source.

 Better option of free Software:

Today virus is a general problem in pirated software of computer. So that free licence software based computer are more convenient and useful. Open source based system are free and open that is free from virus problem.

Can Change Your Software:

By using open or licence free source software you can done your work easily from home. Today free software is widely used in world. Now you have not any requirement to purchase costly software by spend money. Now we have not to worry about pirated software like coral draw, acrobat by using free software.

By licence free software virus problem will remove: 

DSC_0047Today for computer user and consumer Licence free and open software is not only free but also remove the problem of virus instead of using pirated and costly software. This Free operating system can be run by installing in live CD or Hard Disk. This operating system is developed by the programmers in world and provide approx more than 10 thousand software under General Public Licence (GPAL). Under this it can be free download from internet and this operating system can give to others by copy.

This operating system can be used by user by using Live CD .Office Document, Multimedia Application, Graphic Design, Internet etc will not effected by virus and user can work according to his requirement. New version of this software can be taken. File make by this software can be open anywhere. We can easily access internet. There is no any requirement of installing driver.

About license free and open source software:

Free and open-source software: FOSS is computer software that can be classified as both free software and open source software. That is, anyone is freely licensed to use, copy, study, and change the software in any way, and the source code is openly shared so that people are encouraged to voluntarily improve the design of the software. This is in contrast to proprietary software, where the software is under restrictive copyright and the source code is usually hidden from the users.

President of RITO Mr. Tarun taunk says that free software benefits part of society who is not capable to purchase propriety software and whom does not require high technology software.

P1020777They said that by using free software user does not feel to upgrade to your computer. He also says that both software has his requirement use that software which is require.

Ashok Jain (Labour court Judge, Master Trainer Ubantu-Linux Project Court) says that

In Rajasthan open source laptop and training have been given to all Judge .By this change large amount of profit has occur.

Anand Tater says that In free software some software are of this type so that you can done your work on low end computer. By this decrease your capex and E-work will generate less .It is beneficial for future

G.T. Rao says that they are working with RITO and FOSS YATRA since 20 months in   organization, college, Schools In college and their student showing their interest in this. He will be doing this work countinously.

 RITO provide knowledge about free software by organizing workshop since 20 months in   organization, college, Schools.

This work and this kind of awareness will be done in schools and colleges so that new enegery and trade are given for computer trade person.

Center Government also provide many schemes and budget to state government to promote free softwares.

 About Richard Matthew Stallman:

Richard Matthew Stallman: born March 16, 1953 often known by his initials, RMS , is a software freedom activist and computer programmer. He campaigns for software to be distributed in a manner such that its users receive the freedoms to use, study, distribute and modify that software. Software that ensures these freedoms (on receipt) is termed free software. He is best known for launching the GNU Project, founding the Free Software Foundation, developing the GNU Compiler Collection and GNU EMACS, and writing the GNU General Public License.

Dr. Stallman launched the GNU Project in September 1983 to create a Unix-like computer operating system composed entirely of free software. With this, he also launched the free software movement.

He has been the GNU project’s lead architect and organizer, and developed a number of pieces of widely used GNU software including, among others, the GNU Compiler Collection, the GNU Debugger and the GNU EMACS text editor. In October 1985he founded the Free Software Foundation.

Since the mid-1990s, Stallman has spent most of his time advocating for free software, as well as campaigning against software patentsdigital rights management, and other legal and technical systems which he sees as taking away users’ freedoms, including software license agreementsnon-disclosure agreements, activation keysdonglescopy restrictionproprietary formats and binary executables without source code.

Dr. Stallman was placed in front of the logo of the idea of copy left .That uses same principle of copyright to allows the freedom to user to  use  the software, to modify the source code and to distribute the software and its source code.

As of 2012, he has received fourteen honorary doctorates and professorships

In august 2006 RMS has meet with kerla Goverment and from this in 12500 High Court propriety software removed by free software in computer.  The work of Dr. Stallman has been appreciated in West Bengal and Kerla.

 About Rajasthan Information Technology Organization

 Rajasthan Information Technology Organization formed with an aim to expedite IT penetration in the state of Rajasthan, a Rajasthan based organization, has been established to fulfil the task. Besides IT hardware, the organization will be working towards the betterment of IT entrepreneurs, IT partners, IT education, software companies, vendors, telecoms, distributors, power sectors, IT HR and IT persons for the entire state of Rajasthan. RITO has become a nodal organization which plans for IT growth and is committed to work for the development of Rajasthan IT industry.

It is emerging as the most important IT forum in the state. Started with 7 core office bearers. The association has members from across Rajasthan. “This concept was proposed by the Rajasthan government to promote the benefits of IT in all departments of the state government. RITO covers wide spectrum of IT related sectors and their issues. Therefore, we do not compete or have a clash with any existing organizations. Moving forward, RITO will be adding new chapters into our fold.”

Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Karnataka. So, our intention is to educate all the shareholders including corporate, government and end-customers and sensitize them for the needs and benefits of IT.” RITO is also planning for a IT Helpline Call Centre to educate the customer about latest technology and their availabity. RITO will start educational chapter and training centre. RITO is planning to give the support to all IT segment of Rajasthan to Promote IT. Today and tomorrow we all will be a part of IT.

IT Voice also provide their  efforts in this work.